Hooper attends the 9th GEF International Waters Conference in Morocco

David

 

I attended IWC-9, focused on “Sustaining International Waters Cooperation”, November 5-8, 2018, in Marrakech, Morocco. I represented our Nooksack-Fraser Transboundary Nitrogen Project (NFTN), one of seven demonstration projects world-wide as part of the International Nitrogen Management System (INMS), which is funded through the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This was very different from the standard scientific meeting. Talks and workshops focused on projects aiming to address environmental problems in both freshwater and marine ecosystems, in a way that is sensitive to local needs and cultures. Just like scientific meetings, though, there were lots of acronyms! Here are some links to info about the meeting:

Conference site and agenda

Conference synopsis – video

International Waters: Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN) Facebook page, with conference photos.

Ms. Kusum Athukorala, of the Sri Lanka Water Partnership, addresses the plenary opening session of IWC9.
The Water Musuem of Marrakech, where we had the second day of the meeting and a tour of the museum.
The gala dinner, on night 3 of the meeting, with participants from four continents, plus two of our Moroccan hosts (on the right).
Meeting participants of IWC9, at the conference venue, the Jardins de L’Agdal hotel.